All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.